Best way to wipe clean the harddrive in my 40gig 3g IPOD

I have a new 16 gig nano and plan to sell my 40gig 3rd gen IPOD. What is the best way to wipe the harddrive clean?

Restore your iPod. Restoring will erase the iPod's hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings. Once the restore is complete follow the on screen instructions to name the iPod (just call it iPod) uncheck the box beside the sync automatically instruction and press Done. It will default to manual mode and remain empty, after that whoever buys it can choose whatever update setting they like: Restoring iPod to factory settings with iTunes

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1. What is the best way to wipe my device before downgrading the device?
2. Is it possible to downgrade os without wiping?
3. Alots of downgrades/upgrades and everything may damage the device some how?
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Matan wrote:
1. so you say that if im upgrading from 4.6 to 5.0, and from some reason i want to downgrade to the 4.6, wiping the device (for example with jl cmd) is not neccecary?
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28-Dec-2008 08:47 PM
grschinon wrote:
28-Dec-2008 03:44 PM
nirav_m_suthar wrote:
Best way to update the firmware is the via PC coz there are many reason like it takes less time than any other methods, very secury etc.
That is absolutely not true.
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